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Tuesday Iflwuing, March I, ISC4.
The Situation.
The Spring campaign opens finely. The
expedition for the conquest of Florida, by
which Gilmore hoped to lhakc amends for his
failure at Charleston!, has been suddenly
balked, and,til# enfemy forced to make good
time back to Bis water base. The plans and
combinations oi ihe enemy in Mississippi have
been defeated, arrd Sherman’s column,
out fighting a battle, is compelled to
by the route he came, to Vicksburgf ,j Mean
while the redoubtable Bafiks,^' ignorant of
what has transpired, vaiirly esffvys the reduc
tion of the water defences of Mobile. Gi*nt,
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"pi and before tfldbile had induced the weak
ening of Johnston’s force, saw the way open
to the heart of Geofeifl. ag<l, ordered Thomas
to take up the line of march.
We have recently seen the result of Ins mis
calculation. And now Thomap is>at Chatta
nooga, Sherman is at Vicksburg (or wishes he
was,) Gilmore is at Jacksonville, Grierson is
,floundering about like a beheaded chicken,
and poor Banks is “playing the fool at Fort
Powell. The grand Farce in five Acts is end
ed am£lbe managers ancQactors can laugh, or
weep, (as the humor strikes them) at the per
formance.
Up the Road.—The latest intelligence,
says the Mobile Tribune , that we have been
able to gather from Mississippi, is the report
broftght by the mail agent who arrived last
night from Columbus. He says that the Fed
eral have never been at Columbus, or Aber
deen, or Okalona, as Ims been reported. The
nearest they have been to Aberdeen was about
35 miles distant. After many inquiries as to
their present whereabouts, the most reliable
information he could obtain is that they were
at New Albany, a post village of Pontotoc
county, on the Tallahatchie, about twenty-one
miles northeast of the town of Pontotoc.
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Capture by Gen. Jones. The Bristoj
(Tenn.) Gazette , of the 18th, says a portion of
General Wm. E. Jones’ command, captured a
wagon train of twenty-one wagons, together
with 17 Yankees, on Friday previous, about
fifteen or twenty miles west of Jones vi’le, and
within seven miles of Cumberland Gap,
Pensacola Burned,—A dispatch from Pol
lard to the Mobile Tribune states that Pensa
cola was burned on the 21st; more than one
hundred houses were consumed in the confla
gration. The burning was doubtless the work
of the Yankees.
Spirit of’Louisiana.
We have received a copy of the inaug
ural address of Governor Allen to the
Louisiana Legislature, and also a copy of
his message. His address is full of spirit.
The Yankees, perhaps, may have supposed
that, looking from the temporary Capital
of the State on the ruin which has been
inflicted on its people, its Governor would
shrink from a prosecution of the war and
be ready to bend his knee to the despoiler.
If so they are mistaken, as the reader will
see from the following burning and defi
ant language:
Let there be no peace between us until
we are free forever from this accursed
race ! Is peace so sweet as to be purchased
at tlie price of reconstruction ! Oh, think
not of reconstruction. Reconstruction
means subjugation, ruin and death. The
martyrs of our holy cause —those heroic
men who shed their blood for us at Ma
nassas, at Shiloh, at Sharpsburg, and a
hundred other battle fields, would rise up
lin solemn procession from the chambers
of the dead and rebuke this unholy alli
ance. A gallant young Louisianian was
dying on the field of Shiloh; as I passed
him, he called me to his side, said he: “My
Colonel, lam dying. If you should live
to get back to Louisiana, tell my aged
father that I died for my country, and oh,
tell him to fight ■ this battle out—to lose
negroes and lands and life itself, but
er, never go back to the old Union.”
These words are still ringing in my ears,
and I tell them to you: “Lose negroes,
lose lands, lose everything, lose life itself,”
but never think of reconstruction. There
is a sea of blood between us, we cannot
pass that sea. Let us rather add thereto
a wall of living fire, and a gulf deep and
dark of eternal hate. I speak to day by
authority, I speak as the Governor of the
State of Louisiana, and I wish it known
at Washington and elsewhere, that rather
than reconstruct this government, and
go back to the Union, on any terms what
ever, the people of Louisiana will, in con
vention assembled, without a dissenting
voice, cede the State to any Euiopeau
pbfK'r. Give us the guillotine or Botany
Bay, the knout or Siberia, the bow-string
or the Bosphorus, rather than suffer the
brutal outrages of Yankee subjugation.—
I speak to day not only for the loyal citi
zens of Louisiana who have stood by the
§Uate in all her trials, but in behalf of the
misguided individuals who have been
compelled to take the oath of allegiance
to the Federal Government.
In their hearts they are true to us, and
are praying daily for the triumph of our
arms. They have felt the very iron in
their souls, and know full well the curse
of reconstruction. I speak by authority,
for they write me daily that they would
vather, by ten thousand times, be the sub
jects of the Emperor of France than the
slaves of Abraham Lincoln. If God in
His inscrutable Providence should permit
the enemy to overwhelm us, then let us
retire to our mountains and • our caves,
and there let us swear by the blood of our
murdered fathers and brothers--by the
sufferings and the insults of our mothers,
wives and sisters, that we will issue forth
and hunt the enemy, as we hunt the wild
beasts of the forest. Oh ! give us honor
able graves by far, in preference to base
servitude, to chains and slavery.
A “Aye! better be
Where the ensanguined Spartans still are free,
In their proud carnet of Thermopylae.”
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M. butt Uewson, the special correspon
dent in this country of the London Herald
was recently with Gen. Polk at Demopo
lis. The story of his arrest in Mobile
was a fiction Some thief adopted his
good nti*.
[From the London Daily News.]
Tlie Mexican Monarchy.
Rumored “ Arrangement" Between France: and
the United Stales. .
It is understood that the Apchdukc Maxi
milian and Aichducbess Charlotte are very
shortly expected in Paris, to visit the Empe
ror and Empress of the French, on their way
to St. Nazaire, where thejvwiil probably em
bark for Yera-Cruz in an Austrian steam frig
ate, attended by a French steamer of war.
Several circumstances, including more paioc
ularly the recent visit of Marshal hoi e> o
Miramon, are said to have determined Ins im
perial highness to sail on his groin adventure,
as Emperor of Mexico. The difficulties ongi
nally started by the Archduke it will be
remembered, of two kinds. In the first place,
certain securities Tigaiiftt the con
iSjerff ffostflity of the United States; and in
#toe°second, he demanded evidence of lus do
mestic security, if not the result of a plebiscite ,
set least ia it state of things which should I
assure trim that he was not the mere catspaw
of a partial military.revolution.
On the former of these points, it is under
stood that the extraordinary mission of Mar
shal Forey to Washington, had for its result
an undertaking of the United States Govern
ment not to disturb the new monarchy; and
in return for his assurance, it is believed that
certain promises were made by' France with
regard to the attitude of that country toward
the Confederate States. This assurance is
thought to have served,' to some extent,
to satisfy the original requirements of the
Archduke, as regards pledges of security
against aggression from without. For, as it
was only from the United States that hospi
tality was to be apprehended, it was thought
that the assurance of the Washington Govern
ment would be practically equivalent- to a
guarantee of support from Great Britain,
which was originally suggested by the ad
visers of the Archduke.
On the latter point it has been, we believe,
submitted to the Archduke that any nearer
approximation to a popular vote among so
scattered and ignorant a population as the
Mexicans, than such as was to be obtained
from a more or less general submission to the
French arms, was altogether impracticable.
It is stated that, in accordance with his view,
the Archduke has been ready to take the pro
gress of the French arms as an index of the
submission of the Mexicans to bis rule.
The Monitcuv had just detailed the advance
of the French, Mexican and Indian forces,
under command of General Bazaine. It an
nounces that up to the end of November,
these forces had spread over the western pro
vinces, having taken Gajaca and Valladolid,
and that they were then closely investing
Guadalajara which was then daily expected to
surrender. It states also in the northern pro
vinces Juarez has fled to Durango; that the
French were about to fake Guanajuato and
San Louis Pofosi, while the Governor of Chi
huahua and New Leon, whose capital was
Monterey, and which formed the extreme
northerly States, lying between San Louis
Potosi and Texas, had revolted against Juarez,
and was ready to accept Maximilian Juarez
was thus stated to be placed between two fires.
It is on such a general view of the state of
the campaign that the Archduke’s conclusion
is believed to have been formed ; and it is
stated also that the strong representations of
(fie French Govqiyinent as to the impossibility
of establishing tlio Mexican Government satis
factorily in his absence, and as to the impor
tance of tlifrs relieving France of some of the
burdens of war and administration in that
country, which press so heavily on the French
Exchequer, have not been without effect.
Our CSain by the War.
What are we to gain by the war, is sometimes
asked. When the object for which our people are
pledged and are contending is accomplished, the
South will surely have lost nothing in rights,
in territory or in honor. To present a balance
sheet of our gains, wo must glnnot* nt our oona;
tiou before thenar,iaod what it will be afterpoace.
Before the war, the South was rapidly drifting
to a most degraded condition. In a minority in
the old Union, which was in a constant relative
diminution, aur political and social rights wore be
coming more and more insecure from a fanatical
and avowardly hostile majority. We supported
the burdens, and received the benefits, unequally,
of the general Government. Under inimical com
mercial regulations, our valuable staple produc
tions contributed many fold more to the enrich
ment of the North than ourselves. It is only to
continue this order of things that they strive so
earnestly to coerce us to a union with them. —
Though our trtiducers and oppressors, we yet be
come tributaries for their manufactures, created
and supported by capital wrested from us, and
consisting largely of our own raw products. In a ,
word, we were sinking to such a condition of help
lessness an<s dependence, and had tamely submit
ted so long to the coutumely and scorn not only
of the North, but of foreign nations, that nothing
but the stimulus of almost internecine war could
rescue us from fatal apathy and degradation.
But when that peace is obtained, for which only
will we lay down our arms, we will have estab
lished not only respectability and character abroad
but security and confidence at home. Though we
may not obtain the full measure of retribution that
many desire, for the wron&s and injuries wc have
suffered, 1 eavi tufY engeanc<yto Him who will surely
repay, we will Cave the proud satisfaction that our
Constitution and good Government will be placed
upon a solid basis where they can never be shaken
or perverted. And in the development of our own
resources and capacities for self-support b} r the
war, and the discovery of the true of our
staple productions, we can at once command the
wealth of the nations that have so long culmina
ted and discountenanced us, to come as tribute to
us, while we will be every way self-supporting and?
independent. These are not all the benefit*;,’’but*
sufficient, perhaps, to show if any are still, incred
ulous, that we will bo gainers by the war. — Rich.
Whig.
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A Shrewd Louisiana Darkey. —A Now
York journal contains some interesting
sketches of Southern life, among which is
ofie about ‘Ole Uncle Tom,’ a slave the writer
met with in Louisiana :
With his while hairs, profuse white whis
kers, a high, wide, but still retreating fore
head, he puts me in mind of Martin Van
Buren. This venerable Specimen was sitting
on a roadside ftmeo, watching with intense
interest the first Invasion into his neighbor
hood of the Yankees. I stopped in front of
the old man and very abruptly asked him if
he was for the Confederation or for the Yan
kees.
A smile lit up his old weather beaten coun
tenance until it looked like it was illuminated
with India rubber ; thou he said in a coy
manner that would have done honor to a
young girl, “Why you see, master, ’taint for
an old nigger like me to know anything 'bout
politics.” Not content to let him off so easy.
I queried rather sternly, “Well, sir, let me
know which side you are on any way?” The
old datkov kept up his ineffable smile foi a
moment, and then assuming a gravity that was
ridiculous, remarked. “I'm on the Lord's side,
and He’ll work out Ilis salvation ; bless the
Lord!” No one, not Jeff Davis himself, or
even J. P. Benjamins, on a cross examination
of six hours, could catch the darkey.
An Important Decision. —On Tuesday,
16th instant. Judge Munro made his decision
in regard to the vexed questions which have
arisen out of the recent law putting the prin
cipals of substitutes in the army. There were
several cases before his Honor, at Greenville.
His decision affirmed the constitutionality of
the law, and the parties were ordered back to
the custody of the enrolling officers of the
Confederacy.— Charleston Courier.
More Worthy.— Much is said iu our ex
changes about the liberality of the planters of
Washington county, Ga., who have agreed
sell corn to wives of indigent soldiers at two*
dollars per bushel. It is spoken of as a wor
thy example. A much more worthy example
nni}’ be found in the planters of Talladega
county, Ala., who have generously furnished
a liberal supply of corn for soldiers’ fami
lies at fifty cents per bushel.— Talladega lie -
porter.
The Philadelphia Inquirer says the
Confederates have five ..hundred guns in
and around Charleston.
Gen, Bragg has been assigned to duty
in Richmond as consulting
General. We regard the appointment as
one very proper, and it will
cbuduce to the proper advancement and
promotion ot the cause. Gen. Bragg has
unquestionable abilities, which eminently
fit him. for such a responsible position.'
The country will be pleased to See his
experience and information made use of
by the President. His patriotism and
zeal tor the -public service are fully rec
ognised and appreciated by his country
men. The duties of the Commander-in
Cheif, who under the Constitution, can
be no other than the President, are most
arduous, and require much aid and assist
ance, a§ well as ability and experience.
Gen Bragg has acquired, by long service
that practical experience is nescessary to
the pisition to which he has been assign •
nd, by the special Order published in to
day’s “Enquirer.” An erroneous im
pression obtains as to the nature of this
appointment of Gen. Bragg. He* is not
and cannot be Commander-in Chief. The
Constitution of the Confederate States
makes the President the Commander-in-
Chief. Gen Bragg is detailed for duty in
Richmond u under ,> the President.—
He does not rank Gen Lee or Gen John
ston. He cannot command or direct
them, except “by command of the Presi
dent.” has been made
with the khowledge of Gens. Cooper, Lee,
Johnston, and Beaureguard, all his supe
riors in rank, who knowing and apprecia
ting the usefullnees and ability of Gen.
Bragg, concur in his appointment by the
President. — Richmond Enquirer , 25th.
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Siege of Charleston.
TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY-TRIRD DAY.
We have nothing important, to report beyond
the continuous shelling of the city from battery
Gregg, One hundred and twenty shots were fired
at the city during the past twenty-four hours, end
ing at half-past live o’clock Friday. The weather
has been too hazy to make a distinct observation
of the fleet.
Avery daring and gallant exploit was execu
ted last Monday by Sergeant W. P. Cullum and
Corporol G.W. Schwartz, of Company E, 2d South
Carolina Artillery; who went within tho enemy’s
picket lines between Mortis’ and Janies’ Islands,
and in the face of the foe brought off a standard
planted in the marsh to taunt and insult our brfive
and gallant men.
A friend in camp on James’ Island has kindly
forwarded us a copy of the inscriptions found on
the flag. They are af follows :
Boat Picket, Mount's’ Island, )
Febt uaiy 201864. J
By the eternal the Union must be- presetved.
What do you mean you grayback scoundrels ?
Our country one and inseperable Bi 1 ! of
fare at the Union Saloon: Fresh bes, fresh
bread, coffee, tea and the delicacies es the North
ern market, at the sign of the Flag of the Free.
Our tc.ms are al’egiance to the Government that
you have enjoyed and betrayed. How are you
Jonnie Red? Where is B. Hay? Give us a
visit boys; as friends we forswear to greet you, as
enemy’s to meet you.
The secessionist, the copperheads, may they both
meet on the other side of Jordan.
No. “2.”
Charleston, the sodom of the 19th century; flee
from her as from the wrath to come. Return ye
misguided children, and yon will be welcomed to
Abraham’s bosom. A PnlviPe friend reqnets
Captain Chichester to return to his and
save his family from eternal disgrace. The Iron
sides, Abraham’s friend and tho traitors foe. The
stars and stripes respected by the whole world,
but her own rebellious son«; return to her folds.—
Abraham Lincoln, nn honest man, in an honoat
cause. Jefferson Davis, the would be autocrat
and founder of slaveocraey. Take your choice,
Jefferson the lirst, or Abraham the first, and tho
freeman’s choice.
The following is a copy of the congratulatory
order of the Commander of the Post:
lleaequarters Fort Johnon. )
Febiuary 23,1864. j
[General Orders, No. I.]
The Lieutenant-Colonel commanding is pleased
no notice and to publish in General Orders, for the
emulation of the troops at this post, the gallantry
exhibited by Sergeant W. P. Cullum and Corporal
G. AV. Schwarz, of Company “E,” 2d South Car
olina Artillery, in going within the enemy’s pick
et lines during daylight and bringing from posi
tion some two thousand (2000) yards beyond Bat
tery Simkins, a Flag planted in the marsh.
The enterprise shown by these soldiers is de
serving of commendation, and the Lieutenant-
Colonel commanding is pleased to note it.
By order.
(Signed) Lieut. Col. YATES.
Fort Johnson, February 24, 1864.
[Charleston Courier , 27th.
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latest from tbe North.
Louisville, Feb. 20. — The New York Her
ald’s letter of the 9tli, says General Richard
Taylor attacked our forces opposite Natchez
and was driven six miles with considerable
loss. The attack was renewed again the next
morning, and the rebels were again driven
back with considerable loss. Their force
numbered 3,000.
Gen. Grower’s cavalry scoured the country
in the neighborhood of Madisonville across
Pont*har%rah'Lji breaking up a conscrip
tion camp, capturing several of the enemy,
and lai'ge numbers of beef cattle, sheep and
horses. *
AVashington, Feb. 26.— Gen. Meade had a
leonsifttrttion with Gen. Halleek to-day.
Seventy-five thousand colored troops will
be ready for service in the Southwest by the
first of May.
The Army of the Potomac will probably
soon be consolidated in three grand corps,
commanded by Sedgewiek, Hancock and
Couch.
The Court Martial has adjourned, on ac
count of the serious illness of General Har
ney.
Cincinnati, Feb. 20.—A special dispatch to
the Cincinnati Commercial from Louisa, Ivy ,
says that Col. Gallup on the 14th inst.,. sur
prised Col. Ferguson’s command in Wayne
county, Va., capturing sixty prisoners, inclu
ding Ferguson, his Surgeon, two Lieutenants
and eighty stand of arms, a large number of
stolen horses, and all the rebel supplies of
forage, subsistence and ammunition, and re
leased one thousand six hundred prisoners.
New York, Feb. 20.— Accounts from Hilton
Head report a reconnoisance to Johnson’s Is
land by Gen. Terry, and the capture of a rebel
battery of field pieces, with caissons, ammu
nition, and all their gunners.
General Gilmore had published a call to the
people of Florida to return to their allegiance,
and prohibiting the destruction of their prop
erty by our soldiers.
New York, Feb. 20th. — The steamer George
Washington has arrived from New Orleans.
News unimportant.
Gold 159 J.
Latest from Europe.
Halifax, February 20. The steamer Hali
fax has arrived with Liverpool dates of the
6th inst.
The Danes evacuated Schleswig and fell
back towards Flendsbnrg, the Germans pur
suing. ,
Consols 91.
Cotton about a quarter penny lower.
No additional fighting in Schleswig. A
snow storm prevented anything but skirmish
ing.
A Hamburg dispatch thinks severe fighting
was in progress, as numbers of wounded ivere
being brought to Flendsburg.
Earl Derby in the House of Lords condemn
ed the foreign policy of the Government as
humiliating to England.
Lord Russell stated that England had not
given the slightest promise of assistance to
Denmark.
In the House of Commons, Lord Palmerston
defended the policy of Lord Russell.
A majority of the British journals have ad
vocated a peace policy.
''TEIESRAPEIO.
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of tie Press Association.
Entered according to act of CoDgrtsa in the seat'
1803, bv J. S, Thrasher, m the Clerk’s office of
the District Court of the Confederate States for
the Northern District of Georgia.
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Richmond/ Feb. 29.—Information received here
to-daj' indicates that Gen. Meade’s army is in mo
tion. * -
It is believed that the demonstration towards
Madison Court,House is a feint to divert atten
tion from a movement on our right.
To-day about one hour after the mail train for
Gordonsville, with Gen. Lee on board, had passed
Frederick’s Hall, a force of the enemy appeared
near the latter place. No further particulars re
ceived.
Baltimore papers of the 25th have been re
ceived.
A Washington letter says the return of Meade
to the army of the Potomac ou Sunday was fol
lowed by a report that the tents would be struck
the following morning, and a serious effort be
made to dislodge Lee from his position on the
Rapidan.
The steamship Bohemian from Liverpool was
recently wrecked off Portland harbor. Several
steerage passengers lost.
The report of the Conference Committee on the
Internal Revenue bill, concurred in by the Senate,
was rejected in the House.
Latest quotations of gold 156 J.
Tho Heclaiis at New \ ovlc with advices from
Europe to the 10th.
The Danes had retreated from Schlesu ig and
several severe engagements had occurred with
heavy loss on both sides.
The Court of Exchequer has dismissed the ap
peal in the Alexandria case for the want of ju
risdiction. j
Russell stated in the House of Lords that Adams
withheld Seward’s offensive dispatch holding
England responsible for the depredations of the
Alabama.
Richmond 1 , Feb. 29.—The latest advices from
above indicato that the Yankee cavalry are mov
ing on the Central Railroad at Charlottsville and
Frederick’s Hall.
Orange, (L IL, Feb. 29.—The enemy's infantry
occupy Madison C. 11., 15 miles above here. Their
cavalry was at Stannardsv'Ue to-day mo\ ing in
the direction of Charlottsville. Some cannon
ading has been going on to-day in tho direction
of Madison C. H. It is not believed more than a
reconnoi3anee on the part of the enemy. Pi- -
parations have been made to meet them.
Charleston, 29th.—Shelling of the city
continues steady. 108 shells were thrown
during the last 24 hours, ending this after
noon.
Everything else quiet.
Dalton, 29th.—All quiet this morning.
A light rain fell last night.
The enemy has retired behind the Chicka
mauga. A portion went back to Chattanoo
ga, and the remainder have gone into camp
at Tyner’s Station, and Ooltawh and Red
House Ford, on the Chickamauga.
Our cavalry are beyond Ringgold.
Wofford’s Yankee cavalry have gone to
wards Cleveland.
The Federal General Porter is reported to
have been killed by a shell in the skirmish at
Wall Creek Gap.
Hindman is repoi-ted resigned.
Yankee dispatches report that Longstreet
has 59,000 men and 18 batteries.
Lincoln lias issued a proclamation relieving
Brownsville, Texas, from blockade.
Maj. Gen. Wm. Preston arrived at Havana
and left for Yera Cruz on the 21st ult.
Nashville dispatches mention the capture of
a brother of the late Gen. Zollicofler, near
Columbia.
Orange C. 11., 28tli, —Mosby ambushed a
party of tbe enemy’s cavalry, consisting of 113
men under Captain Reid, between Broad Run
and Drainesville, Tuesday. Mosby killeu 20,
among them Capt. Reid, commanding the en
emy’s party, and wounded 8 or 10 more, and
brought off 71 prisoners, among them a cap
tain, 2 lieutenants, 67 privates, and a negro.
Mosby lost one killed and four wounded. He
also captured arms, equipments, harness, and
fifty horses. Many of the enemy’s horses were
killed. Mosby’s horse was shot from under
him. The fight lasted about fifteen minutes.
It is reported that the enemy are advancing
’from Culpeper C. 11., by way of Madison C.
H., with infantry, artillery and cavalry.
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From Below.— By the arrival of the steam
er Dick Keys, last night, from Fort Morgan,
we learn that the enemy, some eight vessels,
had kept up a steady fire on Fort Powell all
day yesterday at the rate of two shots a min
ute, but with wbat result is not known.
Two of their gunboats, came near in shore
on the south side of Dauphin Island during
the forenoon, and, after shelling the woods
there, landed a few men, and are supposed to
be erecting batteries.— Mobile Tribune, 2 6th.
Deserter Shot.—The Rome Courier of the
22d says :
“About a week since Capt. Corput, of the Chero
kee Artillery, now encamped near Kingston, sent
out a squad of men to find and bring to camp if
possible, a man by the name of Ileidle, wlio bad
deserted the third time. He was found secreted iu
soiuo woods, As soon as he discovered his pur
suers he attempted to make his escape. He was
ordered to halt, and shots fired on either side of
him, but all to no effect. Finally Ner 1 Dude
aiming directly at him shot him through. He
died from the effects of this wound the next day.
Ileidle was a young man and a resident of this
county before the war. AVe are under the impres
sion that his father died in the se» vice.
Gen. Meade made a speech lately in
which he said, speaking of the valor of
the army of the Potomac:
“Asa statistical fact I would state that
since March 1861, not less than one hun
dred thousand men had been killed and
wounded.”
Pretty Severe. —A member of the
New York Legislature, speaking of the
war, thus alluded to Lincoln:
lie was for the re-nomination of Abra
ham Lincoln and no one else. Lincoln
was a special instance of Providence. He
was the Moses raised up by God to free
from bondage the slaves of the South.
The South would yet come back to him
and acknowledge hie authority. If they
would not do so, let them die, be annihi
lated, and let their places be filled by beU
ter men.
Several Abolitionists have been arrested
in Louisville for kidnapping negroes in
the North west and selling them in Ken
tucky. A good specimen of abolition
philanthropy.
There Mas a report, yesterday, apparently
pretty well founded, that the Yankees had
landed on Dauphin Island, and that troop3
were sent down to dislodge them. AVe give
this merely as a report, but if it should prove
true, it would not surprise us.—. Mobile Tri
bune, 2 Oth.
THE CITY. -
NOTICIS.
The Exercises of tho Columbus High School will
be resumed on Monday, March 7th. *
mar I—lt W. S. LEE.
Consignees Mobile & Girard R R
March Ist, 1864.
Maj Allen, Maj DUlard, Maj. Humphries,
Lowell Warehouse, D Heenon, Col A M Persons,
J M Frazier, Bradford, J Oolbert, J P Illges, Mrs
B W Adams, McNeil, J Trice, Eagle Factory, J
R Dawson, M Woodruff, L Napier, T C Johnson,
R S Hardaway, Gibson.
€itt) military EVurrtory
HEADQUARTERS POST—II 9 Broad Street.
Col. J. W. Robertson, Corn’g.
Gapt. Chas. Wood, A. A. G.
Capt. J. S. Smith, Provost Marshal.
W. T. McKendree, Clerk.
ENROLLING OFFICE.
Capt. W. S. Wallace—Jones’ Budding.
ORDNANCE DEPARTMENT.
Cor. Olgethorpo and St. Clair Sts.
Maj. F. C. Humphreys, Com’g.
Capt W. Latham, Ex. Officer.
Lieut. J. M. Mulden.
QUARTERMASTER DEP'T.
At No. 15 Broad Broad St.
Maj. F. W. Dillard, Com’g.
Capt. 11. D. Cothran, A. Q. M.
COMMISSARY DEI* T.
At King, Allen & Camak’s Warehouse.
Maj. A. M. Allen, Corn’g.
Capt. J. H. Graybill, A. C. S.
ENGINEER ’ S DEP' T. -
Capt. Thos. Moreno.
Lieut. Wm. llansell.
MEDICAL Dfih’T,
G. B. Douglass, Post Surgeon/
J. S. White, Gen. Hospital.
Fowler, “ “
Carson, “ “
NAVAL DEFT.
Office near the Old Bridge.
W. H. Warner, Chf. Engineer.
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Reprehensible. —We understand that some
persons at Opelika, forced Ja man with the small
pox on board the cars, against the protest of pas
sengers, to be sent to this citja We aia
under obligations to those persons for their high
consideration for our city, but trust when they
havo future favors to confer, they will turn their
attention elsewhere. Such gifts are not appreci
ated.
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See notice of Savannah Banks in regard to cur
rency in another column.
. Spring-Like.—The last week has b n delight
ful Spring weather. We feel almost tempted to
again predict the departure of winter.
Important Novice. —The Muscog. e Railroad
gives notice that all dividends due stockholders
uncalled for by the 26th of March, v, M ' be held
as officiid depositos for such parties in the present
issues of Confederate Treasury notes.||Call up,
gentlemen and get your money. Don’t Eel back
ward
Sales To-Day.—Ellis, Livingston & Cos., w'U
sell sugar, coffee, stock, household and
kitchen furniture, and other articles too numerous
to mention.
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The people all said “tax!” and the papers said
“tax!” and finally Congress said “tax !” but
Congress did somcth’iig more. It not only said
“tax !” but it actually did tax, with a vengeance.
Perhaps no bolder measures were ever adopted
than those passed by Congress with reference
to the army and the currency and finances of the
Confederacy. The people said, and said truly,
that nothing short of the boldest measures would
ineet|lhe requirements of the situation. Congress
has enacted the boldest measures. It is for the
press which has clammored for such measures to
show its sincerity now by sustaining Jhein. It is
for all to take the medicine which nearly all have
demanded, and not only so, but also to do every
thing that may tend to its successful operation
towards the production of favorable results.
The tax is high. Admitted. It will take the
year’s income in some cases. This will be only in
some cases, but suppose that we are all called upon
to give a year’s income to the country, who that
has any affection tor that country would refuse to
do so? Say that the demand to fund at four per
cent, is hard. You need not fund, but can get two
dollars in the new issue for three in the old. With
a reduced circulation and increased taxes, cur
rency must appreciate, and the two dollars will be
equal an and mere than equal to the three.
Congress went forward boldly—perhaps too
boldly. It has gone as.far as it can. The people
and the army must do the rest. A few decisive
successes for our soldiers to back the measures o
our legislators, would work miracles for our cur
rency and finances. What it would not work, no
one could say. Therefore, and in view of all
things, let us go along earnestly and quietly, ho
ping and working for the best, and submitting to
no panic, and all will come up much sooner and
better than we have yet supposed that they would.
[ Wilmington Journal.
The Murfreesboro,’ Tenn, correspon
dent of the Louisville Journal tells the
following:
A certain gay and dashing rich young
widow of Murfreesboro’ represented to
Gen.VanCleve that the Federal troops
had robbed her of everything, except her
barren real estate, and that she was now
compelled to ask the Government for sup
port. The wish was generously complied
with, and the officer commanding the post
ordered the young widow all the necessa
ries of life, such at least as his commissa
ry afforded. In the meantime, and while
she was drawing rations from the Gov
ernment, this fascinating and husbandless
Eve filed a claim of two hundred thous"
and dollars against Uucle Sam for dxma
ges done to her real and personal property
and the case was put into the hands of a
lawyer. The fact coming to the ear of
Gen. Van Cleve he immediately stopped
the supply of rations which the modest
young widow had been drawing, and in
formed her indirectly4hat she had better
not try to kill two birds with one stone.
This little affair creates some excitement
among Madam Gossip’s devotees.
(From the Selma Reporter, 25th.)
Explosi on at the Arsenal.
This morning about 8 o’clock an explosion oc
curred at the arsenal, which caused, for a time,
great excitement and alarm in the city. There
were hundreds of operatives who had just assem
bled for the day’s work, and as long as there was
nncertainty as to their fate tbe alarm aud excite
ment outside continued. It was soon ascertained
that the damage was slight, and the injury to life
and limb much less than -was feared.
On inquiry at the arsons 1 we learned the par
ticulars from and were shov a the scene of the ex
plosion by one of the polite officials. A small,
three room building, used for fuse driving, was
the one destroyed. The explosion is attributed to
accident entirely. One of the boysjwas trying to
knock a fuse out of a shell, and, it is supposed,
struck a piece of marble with his hummer, and that
a spark therefrom fell into the composition used
for filing fuses. There is no other causes for it
know n.
Three boys were baJly but not fatally burned.
Several others had their hair singed and their
clothes scorched, but the injury to persons was
confined to the three mentioned. Considering
that there were fifteen or twenty persons in the
building, it is remarkable that no more were in
jured.
Wilde’s Infamous Order.
lIEDQ’RS-NoitFOLK AND PoitTHMoUTif I
Norfolk, Va., Feb. 11. }
General Order No. 8. .
All places of public worship in Norfolk
and Portsmouth are hereby placed under
the control of the Provost Marshals of
Norfolk and Portsmouth respectively, who
shall see the pulpits properly tilled, by dis
placing when necessary the present in
cumbents, and substituting men of known
loyalty and the same sectarian denomina
tion, either military or civil, subject to
the appioval of the commanding Geueral.
They shall see that the churches are
opened freely to all officers and soldiers,
white or colored, at the usual hour of wor
ship, and at other t imes, if desired, and
they shall see that noinsult or indignityjbe
ottered to them, either by word, look or
gesture, on the part ol* the congregation.
The necessary expence will be levied
as far as possible, in accordance with the
previous usages or regulations of each
congregation.
No property shall be removed, either
public or private, without permission
from these headquarters.
By command of Brig. Gen. E. A. Wilde.
Good Advice.— We take the following item
of sound practical advice from the Country
man, Eatonton, Ga. :
We urge upon the people of the Confedera
cy to begin early in the year to economise
their provisions, bacon particularly. Ot meat,
few peojde have more than half allowance,
and they ought not to have any more, ami
don’t need any moie. The balance should go
to the army. We doubt, in fact, whether peo
ple who stay at home are entitled to even half
allowance of meat when they can get so many
vegetables as are to be had by proper man
agement. But what we say is, save your
meat. Don’t go to tvork and eat it all up be
fore June, and then have no meat at all
Make a nice calculation, divide it out proper
ly, and run it through the year, so a3 to have
a little all the time. When you eat what you
have now, it will be impossible to get any
more for love or money.
MARRIED.
In St. Luke’s Church, (Episcopal) Marianna, Fla .
on Thursday, 18th inst., by Rev. Mr. Saunders, Capt.
John R. Ely, A. A. G., Finley’s Brigade, to Ali -
Susan E. t youngest daughter of Mr. James L. ti
Baker, all of Jackson county, Fla.
Speeial Notice to Stockholders.
Muscogee Railroad Company, >
Columbus, Ga., March Ist, 1864.1
All persons to whom Dividends are due are re
quested to call for the same on or before the 26th
inst.
All amounts not called for by that time will be
held in Confederate Treasury notes of the present
issues as special deposits for those to whom the same
may bo due.
By order of Board of Directors.
JV M. BIVINS.,
mar 1 till 26th Sec. av *d l'reas.
Piano for Sale.
AVERY superior instrument j received
the front, with request to sell. 1 *
seven octave — ca rved rosewood ip - !, v
order. Apply to » '
feb 24 st* -.v *
b7IeIIIs, Livingston Ad o,
THIS DAY, Tuesday, Ist March, we will sell iu
A front of our store,
A Very fine English Lever Hunting Case AV itch
and Chain,
mar 1 $2
By Ellis, Livingston & (o
AT PRIVATE SALE.
A VALUABLE PLANTATION containing 1,800
acres bottom land, in Macon County. Ala., on
the Montgomery A Avest Point Road, at Clyatt -
Station, 20 miles from Montgomery, lately owned
by AV. C. Bibb, 1,100 acres cleared, witli good
dwelling, out houses, gin and screw, all in good ordt
and ready for cultivation. A lot of valuable
will be sold with the place if desired,
mar 1 4t sl3
By Ellis, Livingston & to,
ON TUESDAY, Ist March, at 11 o’clock, we will
sell in tfront of our store,
An Extra Likely Negro Boy, 20 years old,
ALSO,
1 bbl. Prime Leaf Lard.
feb 29 td $3
By Ellis, Livingston & Cos
ON TUESDAY, Ist March, at 11 o’clock, wc will
sell in front of our store,
A Good No-Top Buggy,
1 'Rockaway Horse,
1 Fine Mule,
ALSO,
1 Fine Cow and Calf,
A Good Cooking Stove,*fixture complet
Furniture, Mattresses, Ac.,
Hogs, Sugar aud Coffee, Ac.,
1 AVheeler & AVilson Sewing Machine, (in case.)
feb 29 td $6
By Ellis, Livingston A Cos.
CROCKERY l
ON TUESDAY, Ist of March, at 11 o,clock, we
will sell in front of our store,
36 Setts Cups and Saucers,
6 doz Ewers and Basins,
7 doz Mugs,
1 doz Dimijohns,
5 Large Glass Shades,
Cut Glass Goblets, &c.
3 Kegs Cooking Soda,
feb 26 tds $lO
PLANTATION WANTED
TO PURCHASE OR RENT!
ONE that will accommodate sixty hands.
Inquire at THIS OFFICE,
feb 26 ts
Wife Wanted.
The undersigned wishes to enter into a correspor. -
dence with a young lady with a view t» matrimony.
The lady must lie good looking, well educated. ■
good disposition, not over 17 years of age. Mono
no object, as the advertiser is possesse > tan ami' l
fortune and has been honorably discharged 4 K,:u
the army. He is 26 years of age and line looking "
Also highly cultivated. For full particulars addrt- -■
D. 11. J-.
Feb 29. Iw* Box 136, Eufaula, Ala-
Notice.
The Banks in Savannah hereby give notice t" ,:
persons having claims upon them, for Dei
Bank Balances, Collections, Certificates of Do
Checks, Dividends, &c., to come forwarded and
tie them on or before the2lst of March next: fi') 1
ing to do so, the amount due them respectively, v “ i!
be funded in fourpeifeent Confederate Bonds,>
ding to the Act of Congress, for their account, unK"
especially directed to the contrary.
The Banks will contine to receive Confederate
Treasury notes of all denominations, until and i“
eluding the 21st day of March next: after that daU
only those of the denomination of Five Dollars a •
under, will be received and paid out until tuida
notice. And all the new Treasury Notes intended
replace the present issue will be received in payw el ‘
and onldeposit.
In order to enable them to attend to the fund li
the Treasury Notes the Banks will be closed 1
other business on the 3lst of March next.
A. PORTER,
President Bank State of Georgia-
GEO. AV. ANDERSON
President Planter’s Rank
R. R. CUYLER,
President Central Railroad and BankingfO’
HIRAM ROBERTS,
President Merchants’ and Planters’ B aU '
G. B. LAMAR,
Bresident Bank ofCeuineu
AVM. C. O’DRISGOLb,
President Bank oiSayau
JNO. RICHARDSON. k
President Farmers’ aud Mechanics u.
AARON Ol AMPUEV
President Marine Dana
feb 29 4t